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Personal info

Full name
GORGAS, Warren Earl Jr
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Iowa
Hometown
Hazelhurst, Oneida County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16021214
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 12 15

Immediate family

Members
Earl W. Gorgas Sr. (father)
Pearl C. (Smith) Gorgas (mother)
Grace (Bovenmyer) Gorgas (stepmother)
Beatrice Gorgas (sister)
Virgil Gorgas (half brother)
Evelyn Gorgas (half sister)
Rodger Gorgas (half brother)
Alice Gorgas (half sister)
Willard Gorgas (half brother)
Mervin Gorgas (half brother)

More information

S/Sgt Warren E Gorgas enlisted in the Regular Army in Wausau, Wisconsin on 15 October 1940.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942 - 1949 / Smith Saunder Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten